Michael Jones
Interventional Cardiology · Lexington, KYNPI 1942244413
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gentuity, LLC at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,901 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $22 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $7,951.
Across 91 payments — averaging $33.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gentuity, LLC$2K
- Abbott$291
- Boston Scientific$195
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$148
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$126
- Novartis$115
- plus $624 from 15 others
Across 28 payments — averaging $2106.33 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$48K
- Osprey Medical Inc$11K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,46248%
- Food & beverage$1,61652%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Gentuity, LLC | 2 | $1,579 |
| Abbott | 14 | $291 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $195 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $148 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $126 |
| Novartis | 7 | $115 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Amgen | 7 | $90 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $61 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $53 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $37 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $32 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $12 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$3,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 129 interventional cardiology providers in Kentucky.
Other interventional cardiology in Lexington
- Avichai EresLexington$616K
- Steve LinLexington$362K
- Robert SawyerLexington$249K
- Ganesh Keshav ThirunavukkarasuLexington$220K
- Armaghan SoomroLexington$117K
- Adrian MesserliLexington$41K
- Hussam HamdallaLexington$24K
- Henry Charles RichmondLexington$20K
- Michael ShihLexington$20K
- Mubashir QaziLexington$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.